$29,659: ShoutMeLoud June 2016 Income & Traffic Report

How are you doing? So another month has passed by & I’m here with many juicy updates related to blogging, last month’s experiences & most importantly, our transparency report.

A quick brief for newcomers:

Our transparency report is a monthly series where we share all of the important things that we have learned so that you don’t have to experiment as much & cantake smart, immediate action. Along with this, we also share last month’s traffic + earnings. This will give you an idea about new traffic sources and/or new income sources that you can apply to your blog.

To get a better picture of why we share such confidential reports, you should refer to these two posts:

The most popular lesson is the extended version of our micro-niche site experiment. Here you can learn the secret of niche blogging + keyword research. This itself is worth the cost of membership.

In the coming months, we will be live with:

Affiliate Marketing Course

SEO Mastery

YouTube Money Maker

In the near future, the following modules will be added:

Social Media Marketing

Email Marketing

Making a soft launch is helping us to work closely with a few students & refine the product to perfection before we offer it to everyone. Moreover, people who signed up for the soft launch also got a special discount + 6 months of extra time on their package.

You can learn more about Shout University here. If you like, you can blog about it on your blog or talk about it with those who want to learn about making money by blogging in a systematic manner.

Well…

OK, just for the readers of this post, we will open registration for the next 48 hours.This is your time to enroll at Shout University & enjoy this early bird advantage. Right now, you can enroll for a 20% discount.

I researched about incorporating a company in the U.S.A. back in 2013, but I decided not to do it as opening a bank account was not so easy without actually being present in the U.S.A. But I realized that having a Stripe account will help a lot in collecting payment for our store & also for our new membership program.

I recently got to know about the Atlas by Stripe program for incorporating a company in the U.S.A. The biggest advantage of using Atlas by Stripe is that it helps you incorporate the company, open a bank account, and create a Stripe account. With all of these, you can also open a U.S.A based PayPal account which helps you to do business globally with fewer restrictions.

I was lucky enough to receive the Atlas invite and started the application. As of right now, the process of incorporation is still in progress, but before the end of this month, it will be all done.

For those who don’t have the Atlas by Stripe invitation yet, but wish to open a Stripe account in the U.S.A, here is a hack which has been used by many & works flawlessly.

However, this is a hack so follow it at your own risk:

Open an LLC in Delaware using DelawareINC. (They have a pretty solid reputation for helping individuals around the globe.)

They help you get an EIN number for a few extra fees. The total comes out to be $372.

As I said, I know a few friends who have used this trick & it worked for them without any problem. Though, you need to do it at your risk.

Note: It’s safer if you travel to the U.S. occasionally, or you have a relative or friend living in the U.S.

I recommend DelawareInc for two reasons:

It came to me recommended by a good friend.

My personal experience with them has been wonderful.

I first booked an LLC incorporation through them, but later on I got an Atlas by Stripe invitation. After 24 hours, I had to ask them to cancel the order & they refunded me 100% without charging anything. Also, they are very responsive with email & Skype support.

A few of my friends also are considering Singapore for incorporating a company. I admit, I have limited information about it.

If you have more details about Singapore or any other countries which are heaven for online entrepreneurs to incorporate companies, do let us know in the comments or email me directly at admin[at]shoutmeloud.com

One of our readers on Facebook recommended a few more countries including Bahrain. I researched about Bahrain a bit & it certainly looks appealing. Here are the countries recommended by Ashish Dung Dung:

I will keep sharing my experience as I have learned much throughout this process. Here is a good resource that help you find countries where you can form a company.

Followed by the following countries (as shown in the above screenshot):

Pakistan

Canada

Australia

Philippines

Indonesia

Bangladesh

United Arab Emirates

PushEngage Push Notification Traffic:

I have been using PushEngage on ShoutMeLoud for web-based push notifications. If you haven’t yet integrated it, you should do that right now. I’m seeing great results from the web-based push notifications as you can see in the below screenshot.

PushEngage’s free plan offers up to 2500 subscribers & you don’t need HTTPS. Apart from that, I really like their WordPress plugin as it automatically sends notifications when you publish a new post. I will do a detailed guide soon.

For now, do create an account & follow the instructions to set this up with your WordPress blog (or any other platform that you are using).

While configuring, make sure you select “Use featured image from post as custom image for notifications.” This will improve CTR.

It currently supports single domains only, but in the near future they will be offering multiple domain integration.

Take notice of the “Recovered Affiliate Income” metric. This one is interesting.

Last month I did an affiliate audit. I checked all of the affiliate programs/marketplace dashboards for payment from the last few moths. This made me discover $164 (+ $80 yet to come) that had gone unpaid. This extra money is not much, but it feels good to get your hands on your hard earned money that you were about to lose.

Doing an affiliate audit also helps you to fix all links + find out some other hidden gems in your affiliate income.

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A blog scientist by the mind and a passionate blogger by heart ❤️. Fountainhead of ShoutMeLoud (Award winning blog), speaker at various international forums.
Life motto: Live while you can! Teach & inspire while you could & Smile while you have the teeth.

Wow this is why i love blogging although i have never made more than $2 😀 from it please help me.which is the best affilliate program to use..i run a technology website and i want to earn a living from my blog.